Hi, I got a NFS server and clients using automountd to access remote directories. The auto.users table defines a virtual mount point /users so that the partitions of the NFS server (/users1,/users2 ...) are automounted under this mount point on the clients. The path to those directories are /users/usersi on the clients but they are /usersi on the NFS server.
What is the more efficient way to access local directory /usersi on the NFS server using the path /users/usersi instead ? Should I define a symbolic link between a local directory /users and the different /usersi partitions on the server ? or can I use automounter on the NFS server itself to automount the local /usersi on the virtual mount point /users ? Both solutions appear to be feasible but I would like to get some information about their efficiency in terms of access to the files and also the inconvenients of running automounter on the server itself. Many thanks, Sylvie
